Detection of Rare Earth Elements in Minerals and Soils by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) Using Interval PLS

Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)

Venus Geochemical Analysis by Remote Laser - Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy ( Libs

[1]) with terrestrial standard samples used in this study (red). JA-1 is the most K-rich.. VENUS GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS BY REMOTE LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS). S. M. Clegg, J. E. Barefield, R. C. Wiens, S. K. Sharma, A. K. Misra, J. Tucker, M. D. Dyar, J. Lambert, S. Smrekar, A. Treiman. Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663 MS J565, Los Alamos, NM 87545, [email protected], j...

Remote Laser - induced Breakdown Spectroscopy ( LIBS ) Analysis of Hydrated Sulfates

Introduction: One of the most promising of instruments selected for the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission for analyzing Martian rocks is the remote Laser-Induced Breakdown Spec-troscopy (LIBS) on the ChemCam instrument package. The LIBS technique involves focusing a laser pulse beam at a distant target with sufficiently high energy that a plasma is made, reducing a small spot on th...

Measuring total soil carbon with laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS).

Improving estimates of carbon inventories in soils is currently hindered by lack of a rapid analysis method for total soil carbon. A rapid, accurate, and precise method that could be used in the field would be a significant benefit to researchers investigating carbon cycling in soils and dynamics of soil carbon in global change processes. We tested a new analysis method for predicting total soi...

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy analysis of minerals: Carbonates and silicates

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) provides an alternative chemical analytical technique that obviates the issues of sample preparation and sample destruction common to most laboratory-based analytical methods. This contribution explores the capability of LIBS analysis to identify carbonate and silicate minerals rapidly and accurately. Fifty-two mineral samples (18 carbonates, 9 pyroxe...